NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details
Trillium oostingii
Wateree River Trillium
Scientific Name: |
Trillium oostingii |
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Genus: |
Trillium |
Species Epithet: |
oostingii |
Common Name: |
Wateree River Trillium |
Plant Type |
Herb/Wildflower |
Life Cycle |
Perennial |
Plant Family |
Trilliaceae (Trillium Family) |
Native/Alien: |
S.E. Native |
Size: |
0-1 ft. |
Bloom Color(s): |
Yellow, Green, Purple, Brown |
Light: |
Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day, Less than 2 hours of sun per day |
Soil Moisture: |
Moist |
Habitat Description: |
Rich bottomland forests. So far as is known, endemic to Kershaw and Richland counties, SC, along the Wateree River. Found on both sides of the Wateree River, just southwest of Camden, in Kershaw County, SC, and along the Wateree River 15 km southward in Richland County, SC, Trillium oostingii grows in large colonies in rich, floodplain alluvium along creek banks and on natural river levees under a canopy of Carya cordiformis. |
Leaf Arrangement: |
Whorled |
Leaf Retention: |
Deciduous |
Leaf Type: |
Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like |
Leaf Form: |
Simple |
Life Cycle: |
Perennial |
Wildlife Value: |
No known wildlife value |
Landscape Value: |
Not Recommended for home landscapes |
State Rank: |
(*Key) |
Global Rank: |
G1 - Critically imperiled (*Key) |
State Status: |
(*Key) |
Notes: |
T_oostingii_Gaddy.pdf |
Links: |
Link to Photologia No 1 2008, Gaddy on A new sessile-flowered trillium from South Carolina |
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